Go Well, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke, Lauren Tobia
Published by Candlewick Press on April 3, 2014,2024
ISBN: 1536238112
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Early Reader
Source: MSL Book Review
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The 6th book in the reissued Anna Hibiscus series, a beginning chapter book with numerous black-and-white drawings throughout. As in the other books in the series, Anna lives in Africa in the country Nigeria in a city called Lagos. In this installment, Anna is going with her family and grandfather on a trip to the village where her grandparents used to live. This involves a ride on a packed, sweaty bus through the rainforest and scrubland, and through fields of bananas and oranges and sugarcane. It is still  a long walk away through the bush from where the bus dropped them off. Anna has never been to the bush before and there is no road, no running water, and no electricity. Anna is a spirited little girl who likes to learn new things. There are few books  that depict an adventurous girl with a white mom and a Black father, growing up in Africa. This series exposes children to life in Nigeria – both city and bush – and can expand a study of Africa beyond the amazing animals that live there. Approximately a 2nd-grade independent reading level but can be enjoyed as a readaloud with much younger children. (A 5-year-old at my library loves this series!)

Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library